Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School, Lytham St Annes
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school creates a warm, welcoming community where children genuinely want to come to school. Leaders understand each child as an individual and provide tailored support to help them succeed, whether through specialist teaching, emotional wellbeing support, or removing barriers to participation. Pupils develop into confident, respectful young people with mature understanding of their place in the world.
Key Strengths
- Excellent pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning, with pupils actively supporting one another and demonstrating mature conflict resolution
- Robust inclusive culture with early assessment and bespoke support pathways for pupils with varying needs
- Strong attendance rates and persistent absence below national average, with pupils keen to be part of the '96% gang'
- Carefully crafted personal development programme supporting pupils' aspirations, wellbeing and understanding of the wider world
- Collaborative leadership with governors who effectively challenge and support continuous improvement
Areas for Improvement
- Lower achievement rates in Key Stage 1 phonics screening check and Year 4 multiplication tables check, though gaps are reducing following refinements
- Pupils less confident retrieving key knowledge in some subjects beyond English and mathematics
- Further refinement of teaching needed in some subjects to help pupils deepen their learning across the whole curriculum
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Bowls, golf, art, drama, sporting and musical talents clubs, community choir events
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School is a vibrant, inclusive school where pupils are proud members of the community and eager to attend. Leaders have established a positive culture focused on high ambition for all pupils, with strong systems for supporting individual needs and removing barriers to learning.
At a Glance
43.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 88%. Maths has improved from 69% to 88%. Writing has remained stable at around 75%.
Class Sizes
26.6
Avg class size
27.7
Infant (KS1)
25.8
KS2
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
239 pupils
270 capacity
31 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Lytham St Annes
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Lytham St Annes
Admissions Demand - Lancashire
Places available
15,664
Applications
12,136
Got 1st preference
93.0%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Lancashire (2025/26)
Inspection History(20)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.97799%
Overall absence
7.17489%
Persistent absence
223
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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